WASHINGTON Feb. 20, 2007 //For Immediate Release// Contact: Brian Beaky Huskies Defend Conference Title at Dempsey 2007 Husky Track Schedule Sixth-ranked UW men welcome Pac-10’s best for 2007 MPSF Championships. Indoor Date Meet Location On the Track: For the first time in nearly 80 years, Washington’s fifth-ranked men’s track team Jan. 13 UW Indoor Preview Seattle Jan. 19-20 Nat’l Pole Vault Summit Reno, Nev. will defend a conference title this weekend when the Pac-10’s best squads, as well as selected Jan. 26-27 UW Indoor Invitational Seattle members of the Big West, come to Dempsey Indoor for the 2007 Mountain Pacific Sports Federa- Feb. 10 The Husky Classic Seattle tion Championships. Action begins Friday with the multi-events and finals in selected track and Feb. 11 UW Open Meet Seattle field events, and concludes in a thrilling final day of action Saturday. As always, admission is free Feb. 23-24 MPSF Championships Seattle to all spectators, with ample seating provided at each event area. For complete meet information, Mar. 3 Last Chance Qualifier Seattle Mar. 9-10 NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. including schedules, entries, meet history and results, visit www.GoHuskies.com. Outdoor Live Results!: Results of all UW home indoor track and field meets are posted live throughout the meet Date Meet Location to the official site of UW athletics, www.GoHuskies.com. A link to a complete event schedule and live Mar. 17 UW Outdoor Preview Seattle results will appear on the website the morning of each meet. Simply visit GoHuskies.com, and click on Mar. 24 ASU Invitational Tempe, Ariz. “track” from the “sports” pull-down menu to find the live results link on each meet day. Mar. 24 Springtime Invitational Auburn, Ala. Mar. 30-31 Stanford Invitational Stanford, Calif. Apr. 7 Pepsi Invitational Eugene, Ore. Star-Studded Field: The MPSF meet will boast one of the most outstanding fields of any conference meet Apr. 11-12 Calif. Invite Multis Azusa, Calif. in America, with four of the nation’s top-12 men’s teams and four of the top-16 women’s teams in action, Apr. 13-15 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. as well as 12 different athletes currently favored by Trackwire magazine to finish first or second in their Apr. 14 Brutus Hamilton Invit’l Berkeley, Calif. event at next month’s NCAA Indoor Championships. With a doubt, one of the mostly hotly-contested battles Apr. 20-21 Oregon Invitational Eugene, Ore. Apr. 29 UW-WSU Dual Seattle will be for the men’s team title, where No. 5 Washington looks to defend its crown against No. 9 Oregon, May 4-5 Ken Shannon Invitational Seattle No. 9 Stanford (tied with Oregon), and No. 12 UCLA, as well as full squads from Arizona (4th at NCAAs in May 5-6 Pac-10 Multi Events Stanford, Calif. 2006), Arizona State, Cal, Washington State and Long Beach State. Women’s action will be intense, too, May 1213 Pac-10 Champ’s Stanford, Calif. as 10th-ranked Stanford could see its run of four-straight MPSF titles halted by No. 1 Arizona State, No. 5 May 25-26 NCAA West Regional Eugene, Ore. UCLA or No. 16 Washington State, with Washington, Arizona, Cal, Oregon, Long Beach State and UC Irvine June 6-9 NCAA Champ’s Sacramento, Calif. June 21-24 USATF Jr./Sr. Nat’ls , Ind. in the mix as well. Those team battles will be decided at the individual level by some of America’s top young stars, including NCAA champion Jacquelyn Johnson of ASU, American collegiate record holder Bold font indicates Husky home meet, at either Dempsey (5,000m) Amy Hastings of ASU, as well as reigning NCAA champions Ryan Brown (800m) and Amy Lia Indoor (indoor) or Husky Stadium (outdoor). (1500m) of Washington and current NCAA leaders in the men’s distance medley relay (Stanford), men’s (Ryan Whiting, ASU), women’s pole vault (April Kubishta, ASU), women’s shot put (Sarah Stevens, ASU), Hot off the Presses ... and women’s (Diana Pickler, WSU). Oregon’s (3,000m), Washington’s Norris Frederick (, ) and Scott Roth (pole vault) are also among the national-championship contenders • Washington’s men’s team is ranked in the top-five for the third time in four weeks, p2 expected to compete, as are Ingrid Kantola of UCLA (pole vault) and Stanford’s women’s DMR. • Since walking away from the sport for a year, Ryan What is the MPSF?: Established in 1992 to serve the competitive needs of members of selected universi- Brown of Renton has won NCAA, Pac-10 and Regional ties in the western U.S., the MPSF provides championship competition for Division I intercollegiate Olympic titles, and become a six-time All-American, p3 sports in a conference setting. During the 2006-2007 season, the MPSF will oversee nine Olympic sports • Hurdler Ashley Lodree ranks among the Pac-10’s all- comprising approximately 1,500 student-athletes and 80 head coaches from 33 universities in 12 states. All time 10 best, and is on her way to becoming the most MPSF teams compete at the NCAA Division-I level in men’s soccer, men’s and women’s water polo, men’s decorated female athlete in UW history , p4 and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse and men’s volleyball, • Freshman pole vaulter Scott Roth has a U.S. record with all MPSF champions eligible to compete in NCAA Championships. For all-time UW winners and MPSF in his sights, and could become the first freshman since team champions, see page 7 of this release. Ja’Warren Hooker to win an NCAA title at UW, p5 • Roosevelt HS alum Norris Frederick ranks among the nation’s top-10 in the high- and long jumps, and is one of Did You Know? the nation’s most exciting competitors, p5 Washington enters this weekend’s meet with athletes ranked No. 1 in the conference in eight different events, including the women’s 60m dash (senior Ashley Lodree), women’s 200m (Lodree), women’s 60m • Two-time Olympian Aretha (Hill) Thurmond and hurdles (Lodree), women’s distance medley relay, men’s 800m (senior Ryan Brown), men’s high jump three-time U.S. champion Brad Walker highlight a star-studded UW coaching staff, p7 (junior Norris Frederick), men’s long jump (Frederick) and men’s pole vault (freshman Scott Roth). HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 20, 2007 • Page 2

Meet Results: Results will be displayed after each event on the scoreboard above the Husky Track Quick Facts finish line, and are posted throughout the meet on a board at the south end of Dempsey University of Washington Indoor. Following the conclusion of the meet, packets of results will be available at the Athletic Department, Box 354070 finish line for coaches and meet officials only. Final results will be faxed to all local Seattle, WA 98195-4070 media and participating schools roughly 30 minutes following the conclusion of the meet, and will be posted to the official site of Husky athletics, www.GoHuskies.com, within an Enrollment:...... 42,000 (31,474 undergraduate) hour. Any coach or SID wishing to have results e-mailed should send a special request to Founded:...... Nov. 4, 1861 the UW Sports Information office at the e-mail address listed on the following page. President:...... Mark Emmert Director of Athletics:...... Todd Turner Home Facility:...... Dempsey Indoor/Husky Stadium 2006 MPSF Redux: Washington’s men’s team won its first conference title of any kind Press Row Phone:...... (206) 227-5709 in nearly 80 years at the 2006 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships at Conference:...... Pacific-10 Dempsey Indoor, knocking off seven of the other eight Pac-10 teams and a handful of Head Coach:...... Greg Metcalf (5th year) Big West opponents. The three individual titles won by sophomore Norris Frederick Asst. Coach (Vault/Jumps):...... Pat Licari (10th year) Asst. Coach (Throws):...... Reedus Thurmond (1st year) (long jump) and juniors Martin Bingisser (weight throw) and Ryan Brown (800 meters) Asst. Coach (Sprints/Hurdles):...... LaMonte Vaughn, Jr. (3rd year) equaled the third-most conference titles in UW history — indoors or out — while the Asst. Coach (Distances):...... Jimmy Bean (1st year) team’s win was its first in conference championship competition since winning the Asst. Coach (Distances):...... Kelly Strong (5th year) Pacific Coast Conference crown in 1928. The Huskies saw a 30-point day-two lead Volunteer Assistants:...... Kate Carlson (vault), dwindle to just seven by meet’s end, after scratches in the pole vault and triple jump Will Conwell (throws), (throws), and a dropped stick in the 4x400-meter relay. Still, Washington’s 107 points were Henrik Vol (throws), Brad Walker (vault) Track Office Phone:...... (206) 221-2625 enough to hold off Stanford (100) and four-time defending champion UCLA (88) for Website:...... www.gohuskies.com UW’s first-ever indoor conference crown. Sophomore Ashley Lodree’s victory in the hurdles helped the UW women to fifth at 60.5, while Stanford won its fourth-straight 2006 Men’s Pac-10 Finish:...... 4th MPSF women’s crown with a 161-point total. In all, athletes competing at the two-day 2006 Men’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor):...... 22nd (tie)/19th (tie) meet combined for 122 NCAA qualifying marks, while setting seven meet records and Men’s NCAA Competitors Returning/Lost:...... 6/5 three facility bests. Best Men’s Conference Finish:...... 2nd (1976) Best Men’s NCAA Finish:...... 2nd (1929, 1930) 2006 Women’s Pac-10 Finish:...... 7th Rankings Report: Washington’s men’s track and field team returned to the top-five 2006 Women’s NCAA Finish ( Outdoor/Indoor):...... 21st (tie)/DNS in Trackwire’s national collegiate ranking Tuesday, after falling to sixth during last NCAA Women’s Competitors Returning/Lost:...... 5/1 week’s break in the action. The Huskies received 30 points in the Trackwire ranking, Best Women’s Conference Finish:...... 4th (1995, ‘96, ‘98) which derives projected team scores for the NCAA Championships by predicting the Best Women’s NCAA Finish:...... 10th (1988) order of finish in each individual event. That total matched Louisville for No. 5 overall, Husky Athletic Communications trailing only the 48 of defending NCAA outdoor champion Florida State, Wisconsin’s Brian Beaky, Track and Field SID 45, Texas’ 34 and Baylor’s 32. The Huskies have been in the top-five for three of the E-mail: [email protected] past four weeks, and peaked at No. 4 in the Jan. 30 rankings. Washington’s women, Office Phone: (206) 543-2230 / Fax: (206) 543-5000 meanwhile, received five points from Trackwire to fall below top-25 mention, as Mobile Phone: (206) 227-5709 MPSF and Pac-10 rival Arizona State claimed top honors with 44 points, one ahead 2007 Trackwire 25 National Collegiate Rankings of Michigan’s 43. Washington’s No. 5 Trackwire ranking mirrored its position in the Men Women coaches’ poll, which also selected Florida State (men) and Arizona State (women) as 1. Florida State 48 1. Arizona State 44 its No. 1 squads entering the weekend. 2. Wisconsin 45 2. Michigan 43 3. Texas 34 3. Georgia 35 Dawg Bites 4. Baylor 32 4. So. Carolina 34 • Head coach Greg Metcalf was named the 2006 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year after 5. Washington 30 5. UCLA 28 leading the Huskies to their first conference title of any kind since 1928. Louisville 30 LSU 28 • Washington is one of only a handful of NCAA teams to boast two returning NCAA 7. Auburn 28 7. Tennessee 26 champions. Senior Ryan Brown won the 800m and junior Amy Lia won the 1500m 8. Arkansas 23 Auburn 26 at the 2006 NCAA Championships, becoming the first pair of UW teammates to win 9. Oregon 20 9. Texas A&M 23 Stanford 20 10. Stanford 20 NCAA titles on the same day. 11. Michigan 18 11. Texas 19 • Washington has boasted at least one Pac-10 champion in seven-straight years, and at 12. UCLA 17 12. Texas Tech 18 least one NCAA champion for four-consecutive seasons. Three Huskies earned Pac-10 13. Tennessee 16 13. Minnesota 17 titles in 2006, while two brought home NCAA Championship hardware. 14. Clemson 15 14. Hampton 16 • Washington has sent a total of 53 athletes to the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Cham- 15. Idaho 14 15. Penn State 15 pionship meets the past two seasons, easily the most prolific two-year stretch in team Pittsburgh 14 16. Wash. State 12 history. Of those 53, a total of 34 have returned home with All-America honors, also 17. LSU 13 Georgia Tech 12 obliterating all previous two-year records. 18. Oklahoma 11 Illinois 12 • Washington’s 34 All-Americans since the start of the 2005 season are more than its 19. No. Arizona 10 Villanova 12 total from the previous six years, combined. South Alabama 10 Kansas 12 • The Huskies boasted at least one NCAA competitor in every event area in 2006 — Providence 10 RV. Washington 5 sprints, hurdles, middle distance, long distance, relays, horizontal jumps, vertical jumps,

* - Rankings released Feb. 20 pole vault and throws. Of those, 11 return in 2007, including eight All-Americans. HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 20, 2007 • Page 3

Washington’s 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifiers Men Women National National Name Event Mark Ranking Name Event Mark Ranking Norris Frederick Long Jump 25-10a 2nd Ashley Lodree 60m Hurdles 8.16p 5th (tie) Scott Roth Pole Vault 18-1a 2nd (tie) Miller/Leonhardt/ Dist. Med. Relay 11:24.45p 11th Alex Harcourt 400m Dash 46.43p 3rd Schuster/Lia Ryan Brown 800m Run 1:48.51p 4th Kelley DiVesta Pole Vault 13-3 3/4p 16th (tie) Austin Abbott Mile Run 4:00.59p 8th Ashley Lodree 60m Dash 7.36p 18th Abbott/Still/ Dist. Med. Relay 9:43.40p 8th Amanda Miller Mile Run 4:45.58p 23rd Govier/Spady Stevie Marshalek Pole Vault 12-11 3/4p 27th (tie) McKane Lee Pole Vault 17-5p 9th (tie) Norris Frederick High Jump 7-2 1/4p 10th Austin Abbott 800m Run 1:49.59p 14th Martin Bingisser Weight Throw 64-11 1/4p 22nd

a - Automatic qualifier p - Provisional qualifier

Just Dandy, Thank You: It naturally follows that if Washington’s track Walker Defends U.S. Gold: While most Husky fans will have their eyes teams are projected to score a combined 35 points at the NCAA Champion- fixed firmly on this weekend’s MPSF Championship meet, it is in fact not ships, Trackwire magazine must rank several Huskies in scoring positions in the only championship up for grabs for Husky athletes this weekend. their Dandy Dozen, from which the team rankings are generated. This week’s Washington’s pole vaulters will be without the services of volunteer assis- Dandy Dozen, in fact, includes nine Husky individuals and two UW relays, tant coach Brad Walker, who will be seeking a third-straight USATF infoor including five projected for top-five national-meet finishes. Defending NCAA national title in Boston on Saturday. Since graduating from Washington in 800-meter champion Ryan Brown is Trackwire’s national favorite in the 2004 with two Pac-10 titles, two NCAA indoor titles and the Pac-10 pole event, while jumper Norris Frederick is ranked in the top-10 in both the vault record, Walker has climbed to the top of the world vault rankings, long jump (2nd) and high jump (ninth). Freshman pole vaulter Scott Roth capturing three U.S. pole vault crowns and a world indoor title, as well as a merits a No. 3 national ranking, while senior Ashley Lodree is the nation’s silver medal at the 2005 IAAF World Outdoor Championships. One of just 12 fourth-ranked competitor in the 60-meter hurdles. Other Huskies projected vaulters worldwide ever to top the six-meter mark (19-8 1/4), Walker ranks to finish in the top-12 at nationals include senior McKane Lee (11th, pole eighth all-time in the world vault rankings, and is No. 3 all-time among U.S. vault), juniors Amanda Miller (12th, Mile), Kelley DiVesta (12th, pole vaulters. For more information on the 2007 USATF Indoor Championships, vault), and Austin Abbott (12th, Mile), as well as both the men’s (12th) visit www.usatf.org. and women’s (11th) distance medley relays. Brown is Back: Just two years ago, Ryan Brown was out of track and Dempsey Indoor: In only five full seasons, Washington’s Dempsey Indoor field, having walked away from a promising career, stating a desire to has already earned a reputation as one of the nation’s top indoor competi- focus on school over sports. In the 16 months since returning to the sport tion venues. The facility includes a permanent 307-meter MONDO track (six in January 2005, however, Brown won NCAA, Pac-10, West Regional and lanes on the straightaway, five on the oval) and a full 100-yard FieldTurf MPSF 800-meter titles, and captured a stunning six All-America accolades. infield equipped to host the shot put, weight throw, long jump, triple jump, Brown’s turnaround began in the 2005 Pac-10 800-meter final, as the Renton high jump and pole vault events. Dempsey Indoor has hosted more than a native outkicked Pac-10 favorite Jon Rankin of UCLA down the homestretch dozen Olympians, witnessed 16 top-10 world marks, 19 UW indoor school to win in 1:47.31, then continued two weeks later when Brown outkicked records and hundreds of NCAA qualifying marks, and is the host site of the Rankin again to win the 2005 NCAA West Regional. After filling in the MPSF Championships. In addition to its competitive use, the building serves intervening 12 months with All-America performances in the 800m (10th, as an indoor practice facility for many UW teams. 2005 Outdoors), 4x400m (3rd, 2006 Indoors) and DMR (5th, 2006 Indoors) Brown was back atop the podium at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships, Next Stop, Fayetteville: Washington currently boasts 11 athletes and two again outkicking the field in the final 100 meters for his first NCAA title, and relays on the NCAA Championships qualifying list, including two automatic the first by a Husky men’s runner since 1998. Brown’s time of 1:46.29 in the qualifiers and 14 provisional qualifiers. Junior long jumper Norris Frederick NCAA final shattered the school record and was the fastest by a collegian and freshman pole vaulter Scott Roth are both guaranteed trips to Arkansas in 2006, and was more than a full second faster than his previous lifetime for the national meet, each having bettered the NCAA’s automatic-qualifying best. The junior returned less than two hours later to lead the Huskies’ standard in their events. Senior Ryan Brown (3rd, 800m), and juniors Austin 4x400-meter relay squad to eighth, in the process becoming one of just four Abbott (8th, mile) and Ashley Lodree (t5th, 60m HH) can also likely begin Huskies ever to earn six-career All-America honors. Brown, who has been packing their bags, with each boasting provisional-qualifying marks high enough ranked No. 1 nationally at 800 meters by Trackwire magazine for most of in the national rankings to all but assure NCAA Championships selection. this season, took the first step toward a seventh All-America honor with a The rest of Washington’s NCAA qualifiers, however, will likely have to better 1:48.51 posting in his 2007 half-mile debut at the UW Indoor Invitational their marks before national-meet selection on Mar. 5, with only the top 16-18 in January. That mark currently stands fourth in the nation and has Brown individuals and 10-12 relays as of that date earning NCAA bids. For a complete favored to defend his 2006 MPSF 800-meter title, while also making him rundown of UW’s NCAA qualifiers, see page 3 of this release. one to watch in the 4x400-meter and distance medley relays as well. HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 20, 2007 • Page 4

Elite Company: In capturing two All-America honors at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Championships, senior Ryan Brown became one of just 10 Huskies ever to Monster PR of the Week: Many Huskies were at their best at earn multiple All-America honors at one meet, a feat he then duplicated out- the Feb. 10 Husky Classic, with UW athletes combining for numer- doors. Sprinter Ja’Warren Hooker, UW’s most prolific All-American with 10 ous school records and NCAA qualifying marks. So it might have career honors, holds the UW meet record with three All-America awards at been easy to overlook the terrific performance in the 200 meters the 1998 NCAA Indoor Championships, and is the only Husky besides Brown by sophomore sprinter Syreeta Martin. A graduate of Tacoma’s to accomplish the All-America double more than once. Brown’s honors, fur- Wilson High School and a member of UW’s Pac-10 Championships contingent in the 400m hurdles and 4x400m last year, Martin thermore, helped extend his career total to six, equaling Rick Noji for third clocked a lifetime-best 25.28 for 200m at the Classic, the Huskies’ on UW’s all-time list behind only Hooker (10) and Scott Neilson (7). History is eighth-fastest ever indoors. Martin ran 12th at Pac-10s in the also in the making on the women’s side, where senior Ashley Lodree’s four quarter hurdles a year ago, and led the Huskies’ 4x4 to sixth. All-America honors are tied for the second-most ever by a UW woman. Like Brown, Lodree has potentially two NCAA meets remaining to break the UW women’s record (5), set by pole vaulter Kate Soma from 2002-05. 2007 Husky Track and Field The `Lo’ Down: Senior Ashley Lodree entered rare air at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Statistical Leaders West Regional — and that’s not just a reference to the thin air of BYU’s Clar- ence Robison Track. The Richmond, Calif., native became the first Husky ever Women’s to break 13 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles with a wind-aided time of 12.99 60m Dash Ashley Lodree 7.36 seconds (after altitude adjustment) in the regional prelim, then backed it up 60m Hurdles Ashley Lodree 8.16 with a wind-legal 13.04-second, altitude-adjusted time in the final. The latter 200m Dash Ashley Lodree 24.22 mark crushed Lodree’s own school record of 13.17 set twice in 2005, while the 400m Dash Kinyatta Leonhardt 56.50 former mark was the 10th-fastest, wind-aided or otherwise, in Pac-10 Confer- 800m Run Amanda Miller 2:09.57 ence history. Already a four-time All-American, including two indoors in the Mile Run Amanda Miller 4:45.58 60m hurdles (10th, 2005; 9th, 2006) and two outdoors in the 100m hurdles (5th, 3000m Run Anita Campbell 9:38.95 2005; 7th, 2006), Lodree enters 2007 with a chance to surpass Kate Soma’s 5000m Run No competitors UW record of five All-America honors, while also seeking UW’s first-ever NCAA 4x400m Relay Lodree/Leonhardt/ 3:51.58 hurdles title. Lodree boasts top-10 all-time marks in all 11 of the events she has Martin/Ankton attempted in her UW career, including four school records — no other woman DMR Miller/Leonhardt/ 11:24.45 in UW history has ever ranked on as many of UW’s all-time lists, while just one, Schuster/Lia distance runner Regina Joyce, has held as many UW records. Lodree, who has High Jump Liz Fuller 5-6 1/2 already this season broken her own school records in the 60- and 200-meter Pole Vault Kelley DiVesta 13-3 3/4 dashes, enters this weekend’s MPSF Championships as the conference favorite Long Jump Liz Fuller 17-10 3/4 in the 60-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles, and boasts NCAA Triple Jump Daria Amiad-Pavlov 37-2 1/4 provisional qualifying marks in both 60-meter events. Shot Put Sheree Ellis 47-5 1/4 Weight Throw Shannon Harvey 45-1 1/2 Amazing Amy: Junior Amy Lia pulled off one of the most memorable come- Pentathlon Liz Fuller 3,566 from-behind wins in recent NCAA Championships history in the 1,500-meter final at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor meet, coming from 25 meters back over Men’s the final half-lap to capture her first NCAA title. It’s hard to fault the casual 60m Dash Randy Bacon 7.02 observer for ruling out Lia when she was running last with 250 meters to go 60m Hurdles James Fredrickson 8.07 — the sophomore from Bothell, Wash., had placed last in the 1,500-meter final 200m Dash Alex Harcourt 21.41 a year before, just barely staved off elimination in the semi-final round, and 400m Dash Alex Harcourt 46.43 was the lowest-seeded of any of the 12 finals competitors. But as the racers 800m Run Ryan Brown 1:48.51 entered the final turn, Lia suddenly surged forward on the outside, catching and Mile Run Austin Abbott 4:00.59 passing the leaders at the 100-meter mark and taking one quick look over her 3000m Run Mike Sayenko 8:07.93 shoulder before sprinting to the finish. Lia’s effort was remarkable not only for 5000m Run Kelly Spady 14:17.04 her win — the first by a UW women’s track athlete at the national meet since 4x400m Relay Harcourt/Fredrickson/ 3:12.59 Regina Joyce’s AIAW 3,000-meter crown in 1981 — but for her winning time Still/Gudaitis of 4:14.63, a nearly three-second PR and the fastest by any collegiate women’s DMR Abbott/Still/ 9:43.40 athlete during the 2006 collegiate season. Lest anyone think Lia’s performance Govier/Spady was a fluke, the junior-to-be backed it up with a ninth-place finish at the USATF High Jump Norris Frederick 7-2 1/4 Outdoor Championships, and a fifth-place effort as a member of Team USA at Pole Vault Scott Roth 18-1 the NACAC Under-23 Championships. Already boasting an NCAA qualifying Long Jump Norris Frederick 25-10 mark in the distance medley relay to her credit, Lia will pursue an individual Triple Jump Braden Weeks 43-8 qualifying effort in the 3,000 meters this weekend, while also helping the DMR Shot Put Daniel Te’o-Nesheim 56-5 1/4 lower its qualifying effort. Weight Throw Martin Bingisser 64-11 1/4 Heptathlon Bobby Noble 4,233 HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 20, 2007 • Page 5

2007 Updates to UW’s All-Time Indoor Track and Field Top-10 Lists

Men Women All-Time School All-Time School Name Event Mark UW Rank Record Name Event Mark UW Rank Record Ryan Brown 800m Run 1:48.51 1st Same Ashley Lodree 60m Dash 7.36 1st Same Norris Frederick Long Jump 25-10 1st Same Ashley Lodree 200m Dash 24.22 1st Same Alex Harcourt 400m Dash 46.43 1st Same Miller/Leonhardt/ DMR 11:24.45 3rd 11:23.12 Norris Frederick High Jump 7-2 1/4 2nd 7-5 Schuster/Lia Scott Roth Pole Vault 18-1 2nd 19-0 1/4 Dani Schuster 800m Run 2:09.99 4th 2:06.76 Austin Abbott 800m Run 1:49.59 2nd (tie) 1:48.51 Kelley DiVesta Pole Vault 13-3 3/4 5th 14-3 1/2 Martin Bingisser Weight Throw 64-11 1/4 3rd 71-5 1/2 Kira Harrison 800m Run 2:10.17 5th 2:06.76 Bobby Noble Heptathlon 4,233 4th 5,126 Amanda Miller Mile 4:45.58 5th 4:40.24 James Fredrickson 60m Hurdles 8.07 5th 7.82c Sheree Ellis Shot Put 47-5 1/4 7th 52-7 1/2 Alex Harcourt 200m Dash 21.41 5th 20.56 Syreeta Martin 200m Dash 25.28 8th 24.22 Abbott/Still/ DMR 9:43.40 6th 9:35.35 Shannon Harvey Weight Throw 45-1 1/2 9th 55-2 Govier/Spady Whitney Hooks Shot Put 46-7 1/2 9th 52-7 1/2 McKane Lee Pole Vault 17-5 7th 19-0 1/4 Andrea Peterson Pole Vault 12-3 1/2 9th 14-3 1/2 Zack Midles Weight Throw 58-5 1/4 7th 71-5 1/2 Whitney Hooker Weight Throw 42-7 1/2 10th 55-2 James Fredrickson 200m Dash 21.79 10th 20.56 Mike Sayenko 3000m Run 8:07.93 10th 7:54.13 Daniel Te’o-Nesheim Shot Put 56-5 1/4 10th 65-5 1/4

Jumping Out of His Shoes: Junior Norris Frederick, the nation’s No. Roth Sets Bar High: Fans used to watching the world’s best pole vaulters wear 2 collegiate long jumper in 2007, literally jumped out of his shoes at the the purple and gold roared loud and strong for freshman vaulter Scott Roth at 2004 World Junior Championships, tearing apart the footwear which guided the season’s first two meets in January. Roth responded with a lifetime-best him to five state prep titles. Undeterred, the Roosevelt High School senior clearance of 17-6 ½ at the UW Indoor Preview, and a stunning 18-1 clearance strapped on borrowed shoes and placed 19th in both the high and long at the UW Indoor Invitational, the latter good for a tie for second on the current jumps. It takes more than an equipment malfunction to ground Frederick: NCAA performance list and an automatic berth at March’s NCAA Championships. already a Pac-10 champion, two-time All-American and three-time NCAA That Roth should succeed right from the start is little surprise. The Granite Bay, Championships participant, Frederick in June became the first Husky ever Calif., native has led all U.S. prep pole vaulters in each of the past two seasons, to compete in both the long and high jumps at the same NCAA Champion- and boasted a prep-best clearance of 17-4 that was among the best in U.S. ships. Those appearances were Frederick’s third in the long jump (6th, 2005 prep history. Already over 18-1 this season, Roth has a chance to break the indoors; 12th, 2006 indoors; 22nd, 2006 outdoors) and second in the high age-group record of 18-3 set by Oregon’s Tommy Skipper in 2004, and also has jump (14th, 2005; 15th, 2006), and include a pair of All-America honors, both the chance to become the first freshman to win an NCAA pole vault title since in the long jump indoors. And as if that wasn’t enough, Frederick has both Skipper captured the NCAA outdoor crown that same year. Should Roth do so, literally and figuratively raised the bar higher in 2007 — just three meets he would add to UW’s already-impressive pole vault legacy — including NCAA into his junior campaign, Frederick has already notched lifetime bests of champions Brad Walker and Kate Soma, and numerous All-Americans. 7-2 ¼ in the high jump and 25-10 in the long jump, the latter good for an automatic berth at nationals and No. 2 NCAA ranking. One of just seven Best in NCAA History: Washington’s pole vaulters haven’t just been good Huskies ever to long jump 25 feet — something he has done 14 times already the past 10 years — they’ve been record-good. During the 2005 season, — and one of just 12 to high jump seven feet, Frederick is the first ever Washington’s women’s vaulters broke three NCAA records, including most to do both, and has a realistic shot at two of UW’s most hallowed school women’s vaulters at a single NCAA Championships (4), most women’s vaulters to records — Rick Noji’s 7-6 ½ mark in the high jump from 1990, and Phil compete at NCAAs in one year, indoors and out (5), and most women’s vaulters Shinnick’s seemingly-untouchable world-record mark of 27-4 in the long over 13 feet in one season (5). In fact, whereas prior to 2005, no team had ever jump from 1963. Frederick enters this weekend’s MPSF Championships sent more than three women’s vaulters to the NCAA meet, Washington sent four with the conference’s top marks in both the high and long jumps, and is each to the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, with three earning All- the defending MPSF champion in the latter. America honors and senior Kate Soma bringing home the 2005 NCAA outdoor title. Washington should remain a vaulting force in 2007, as two of the five Vault Legacy: From Brad Walker to Kate Soma to an NCAA-record five return, including two-time NCAA qualifier Stevie Marshalek and three-time women’s vaulters over 13 feet in 2005, there is little doubt that Washington NCAA qualifier Kelley DiVesta. Those two will attempt to have their photos reigns supreme in the world of collegiate — and in Walker’s case, interna- placed alongside former teammates Soma, Carly Dockendorf and Ashley tional — pole vaulting. In just the past four years, Washington pole vaulters Wildhaber on the Huskies’ All-American wall, while also seeking to join the current and past have stood atop the podium at the NCAA Championships, talented trio on the list of the Pac-10’s all-time top-10 women’s vaulters. the USATF Championships and the IAAF World Championships, combining for two world-championship medals, three USATF titles, three NCAA titles, Ridiculous Records: Washington’s athletes have certainly kept the team’s three Pac-10 titles and nine All-America honors. Reigning world indoor indoor record-keepers busy in 2007, combining for 29 marks among the Huskies’ champion Walker, who has taken on an active role at UW this season as all-time top-10 indoors, including five school records — two by hurdler Ashley a volunteer assistant coach, holds the world’s No. 1 ranking in the pole Lodree. Washington’s highly-acclaimed indoor facility, Dempsey Indoor, has vault, while both he and Soma rank among the NCAA’s all-time top-10 in certainly had an effect on the Huskies’ indoor list, with 31 school records and their respective events. an eye-popping 281 marks among UW’s all-time top-10 having been achieved since the start of the 2002 season, UW’s first in the facility. For a complete list of additions to UW’s indoor top-10s, see page five of this release. HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 20, 2007 • Page 6 Relay Rewards: There’s never been a better time to run on a UW relay than right Two-Sport Studs: Washington’s current roster includes three athletes now. Washington’s win in the 4x400 meters at the 2006 NCAA West Regional was currently on scholarship in other sports, including football players Daniel the first in the postseason by a UW relay since 1975, and clinched the team’s third- Te’o-Nesheim and Cameron Elisara and volleyball star Janine Sandell. straight NCAA Championships bid — a feat never before accomplished at UW. A Pac-10 Championships participant a year ago and a key member of the Three Husky foursomes earned All-America honors in 2006 — the first time in Huskies’ defensive line last fall, Te’o-Nesheim is off to a terrific start this UW history that has happened — including a third-place finish for Washington’s season with a best of 56-5 1/4 in the shot put that is UW’s best in nearly a 4x400-meter relay indoors that was the best-ever for a UW relay indoors, and decade, and is just two feet shy of the NCAA qualifying standard. Two-time the best by a UW 4x400-meter squad, indoors or out, since winning the 1975 state champion Elisara, meanwhile — the 10th-ranked prep shot putter in the NCAA outdoor title. Prior to the arrival of assistant coach LaMonte Vaughn, nation last year — is also throwing the shot for UW, while Sandell is redshirt- Jr., who took over UW’s sprint/relay program in 2005, Washington had failed ing the year to redevelop the throwing skills that led her to lofty national to qualify a relay for the NCAA Championships since 1998 — in the two years rankings as an Arizona prep. In addition to those competing officially for UW, since Vaughn’s hire, a stunning six of the Huskies’ eight relays have qualified for a number of other Husky football players have been regulars in the Dempsey the NCAA Championships, while four have earned All-America honors — a feat fields this season — tight end Johnie Kirton has competed unattached in accomplished by just three UW relays in the previous 30 years. Washington had throwing events at each of UW’s first three meets, while defensive backs multiple relays at both the 2005 NCAA Outdoor and 2006 NCAA Indoor meets Desmond Davis and Matt Mosley, linebackers Dan Howell and Chris — something that had not occurred even once previously in 85 years of NCAA Stevens, and wide receivers Quintin Daniels, Cody Ellis and D’Andre competition — and has put three of its four relays atop the UW record books, Goodwin have all competed unattached in the sprints. with the fourth (the 4x100-meter relay) clocking UW’s second-fastest time ever, and the fastest by a UW sprint relay in 22 years. You Might Recall: The practice of mining talent from other UW programs has unearthed countless gems for the Husky track program. In fact, a glance Four-Minute Man: Washington junior Austin Abbott made history at last at UW’s career top-10s reveals several such performers, including 110m yaer’s Husky Classic, becoming just the third Husky runner ever to break four hurdles record-holder Spider Gaines, a tailback for the UW football team minutes in the mile. His time of 3:59.47 was UW’s third-fastest ever, and one in the 1970s, and sprinter Ja’Warren Hooker, the UW record-holder at of just 10 four-minute miles by collegiate athletes in the nation in 2006. A 100m, 200m, and 400m and a Husky wide receiver from 1997-98. Others graduate of W.F. West High School in Chehalis, Wash., Abbott enjoyed a banner on the list include football players Ernie Conwell (No. 5, shot put), Will freshman season in 2005, capturing All-America honors in the distance medley Conwell (No. 5, discus), Dana Hall (No. 3, 110m HH), Sterling Hinds relay, and earning a third-place finish in the Pac-10 1,500-meter final. Abbott (No. 3, 100m/200m), Pete Kaligis (No. 6, shot put), Orlando McKay (No. also set UW freshman records in the 800 meters indoors, and the 1,500 meters 2, 400m), Tony Parrish (No. 5, triple jump) and Isaiah Stanback (No. 8, outdoors, including a half-mile best of 1:49.64 that was a UW school record for 100m), basketball players Tara Davis (No. 1, triple jump; No. 2, long jump), two weeks. While his four-minute mile and subsequent second-place finish at Brent Merritt (No. 6, 400m), and Heather Reichmann (No. 2, javelin), the MPSF Championships earned him fame last winter, Abbott unselfishly chose All-American volleyball star Makare Desilets (No. 5, high jump), and to forgo the mile in favor of the DMR at March’s NCAA Indoor Championships, track/gymnastics All-American Carly Dockendorf (No. 2, pole vault). UW’s ultimately anchoring the team to a second-straight fifth-place finish. Proving that two-sport stars have excelled on the world stage, too — Herman Brix and the karmic gods exist, however, Abbott earned a second chance to compete as Paul Jessup, stars of UW’s football teams in the 1920s, each competed at an individual at the NCAA meet during the outdoor season, placing 10th in his the Olympics, and set world records in the shot put, and discus. 1,500-meter prelim. He is provisionally-qualified already this year in both the 800 meters and mile, and ran the lead leg on UW’s provisionally-qualified DMR. Long-Range Talents: Those who only follow UW track and field outdoors may not have heard of sophomores Jeremy Mineau or Anita Campbell Brains And Brawn: In just three years, senior Martin Bingisser has already entering the spring of 2006, but they certainly have now. Making his outdoor captured an indoor conference title, earned an All-America honor and posted debut in March before a hometown crowd at Stanford, Menlo Park, Calif., UW’s best marks in a decade in the hammer and weight throws — but it’s native Mineau obliterated UW’s freshman record in the 10,000 meters and his accomplishments outside the cage that truly set him apart. A three-time climbed to second on UW’s all-time list. Mineau’s time of 28:49.69 -- second third-place hammer finisher at the Pac-10 Championships and the 2006 MPSF in 2006 by a collegiate freshman — was just the third sub-29 minute 10K Conference champion in the weight throw, Bingisser earned his bachelor’s in UW history, and was just 15 seconds shy of the school record. Mineau degree in philosophy in June 2005 after just three years of college, and is cur- had already made a name for himself during the indoor and cross country rently in his second year in the UW School of Law. The Interlake High School seasons, where he has been one of UW’s top competitors since the start graduate, who will use his final year of eligibility in 2007 while pursuing his of 2004-05. Campbell, likewise, entered last spring as a household name J.D., has been on a tear since transferring from Cal State Northridge in the fall to fans of UW’s cross country and indoor track and field squads -- the Van- of 2004, culminating with a 64-foot, 8 3/4-inch toss to win the hammer at the couver, B.C., native has earned top-100 finishes at the NCAA Cross Country 2006 MPSF Indoor meet — just the second weight throw competition of his Championships in each of her first two years, and set a UW freshman record collegiate career. Bingisser’s weight success, which includes a career-best and indoors with a 16:33.27 posting in a second-place effort at the 2006 MPSF NCAA provisional-qualifying throw of 64-11 ¼ this season, UW’s best in 22 years Championships -- but was an unknown quantity to UW’s outdoor fans before — echoes his success in the hammer throw, where the Bellevue native placed the NCAA Regional meet, where her surprising third-place finish placed 12th at the 2006 NCAA Championships, and ranks fourth in UW history with the freshman in the NCAA Championships field. Campbell’s subsequent a best of 212-9. In addition to his academic and athletic prowess, Bingisser is 21st-place finish -- in a UW freshman-record 16:29.91, no less -- sent notice among the country’s leading hammer scholars — his website, HammerCenter. that she, and Mineau, will be strong contenders for Washington through com, provides the nation’s most comprehensive coverage of the hammer at the at least the 2009 campaign. prep and college level, plus videos and other instruction tools. HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 20, 2007 • Page 7 Former Huskies Return: Two new faces on the Husky squad will be familiar team to the NCAA meet eight of his first 10 years at the helm, and guided the to all who follow Washington track and field — former Huskies Will Con- UW men to a 12th-place NCAA cross country finish in 2006. In nine years atop well and Brad Walker return to Montlake in 2007 as volunteer assistant Washington’s distance program, Metcalf has coached two NCAA champions, coaches, Conwell working with UW’s discus throwers, and Walker with the six Pac-10 champions, 19 All-Americans, 13 school-record setters and 74 NCAA Husky pole vaulters. Both bring impressive pedigrees to the UW staff: 2006 Championships competitors. A 1993 UW graduate, Metcalf was a two-time All- graduate Conwell was a four-time top-five finisher and ranks among the American in the steeple, and ran in the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials. Huskies’ all-time best in the discus and weight throw. Walker, meanwhile, has won three USATF titles and two world championship medals, and el- Star-Studded Staff: Washington’s assistant coaching staff in 2007 is evated himself to No. 1 in the IAAF World Rankings in the pole vault since in no way short on accolades. Tenth-year vaults/jumps coach Pat Licari graduating in 2004 as a two-time NCAA champion and Pac-10 record holder. has coached 12 All-Americans, including NCAA champions Brad Walker Remarkably, not even Walker, however, can match the accolades of fellow and Kate Soma. Third-year sprints/hurdles coach LaMonte Vaughn, Jr., UW volunteer assistant Aretha (Hill) Thurmond. A four-time All-American meanwhile, has had a banner first two years, mentoring Ashley Lodree to during her time at Washington from 1995-98, the former Aretha Hill boasts four All-America honors and guiding five of UW’s six relays to NCAA berths, three U.S. discus titles, is a two-time U.S. Olympian, and ranks third in U.S. including four All-American relays. Second-year throws coach Reedus history — and second in NCAA history — in the event. Thurmond mentored two conference champions and three NCAA qualifiers in his first year, including a pair of All-America performers, while fifth-year Head Coach Greg Metcalf: Former Husky All-American Greg Metcalf is in his distance coach Kelly Strong was a five-time All-American and three-time fifth year as Washington’s head coach of track and field and cross country, and his Pac-10 champion at ASU, and guided Amy Lia to an NCAA title in 2006. The 10th year overall on the UW staff. Metcalf had a banner 2006 campaign, coaching newcomer to the group is first-year men’s distance coach Jimmy Bean, middle distance runners Ryan Brown and Amy Lia to NCAA titles, and earning an All-Midwest Region performer at Division-III Greenville (Ill.) University MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year honors after guiding the UW men to three individual and a highly-touted coach and recruiter. Ironically, the most accomplished conference crowns and the Huskies’ first-ever indoor team title. In his first four members of the Husky coaching staff are two of the team’s volunteer as- seasons at the helm, Metcalf has led the UW women to four top-25 finishes at sistants — former Huskies Aretha (Hill) Thurmond and Brad Walker. the NCAA Championships, and guided the Husky men to 19th- and 22nd-place The two are each among the premier athletes in the world, combining for NCAA finishes in 2006. Individually, 15 UW distance runners have earned NCAA six U.S. titles and two Olympic appearances, and each ranking among berths, with two earning NCAA titles and eight grabbing All-America accolades, America’s all-time top-four in their respective events. a list which does not include the team’s All-America distance medley relays in 2005 and 2006. In addition, Metcalf has led the Huskies’ women’s cross country Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Conference Championships Since the Pacific-10 Conference does not sponsor indoor track and field, most Pac-10 schools compete indoors Men’s Team Results in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, along with selected members of the Big West Conference. With the UW UW exception of the 2002 and 2003 seasons, the Huskies have been a member of the MPSF for indoor track and Year Champion Pts. Place Pts. field since 1993. Husky athletes have combined for two MPSF team titles and 25 individual crowns, including 2006 Washington 107 1 107 four individual titles and the men’s team championship at the 2006 meet, the most recent of three-straight 2005 UCLA 117.5 6 62 held at UW’s Dempsey Indoor. The conference championships return to Seattle in 2007 on Feb. 23-24. 2004 UCLA 127 8 47.5 Men’s MPSF Indoor Conference Champions 2003* UCLA 127.5 — — Year Champion Event Mark 2002* UCLA 132 — — 2006 Martin Bingisser Weight Throw 64-8 3/4 2001 Washington St. 108.5 3 104 Ryan Brown 800m Run 1:50.35 2000 Stanford 142 6 65 Norris Frederick Long Jump 25-2 1/2 1999 Stanford 128 5 61 2004 Eric Garner Mile Run 4:00.53 1998 Washington St. 116.5 3 83 2001 David Bazzi Mile Run 4:19.09 1997 Idaho 106.5 4 74 Jason Fayant 5,000m Run 15:25.59 1996 Arizona 104 3 72 Ja’Warren Hooker 60m Dash 6.51 1995 Arizona 101 4 69.5 Ja’Warren Hooker 200m Dash 20.75 1994 Arizona 99.5 5 69 Brad Walker Pole Vault 17-9 1993 Utah St. 98 7 36 2000 Ja’Warren Hooker 55m Dash 6.19 Ja’Warren Hooker 200m Dash 21.34 Women’s Team Results 1998 Ja’Warren Hooker 55m Dash 6.13 UW UW Hooker/Dawson/Anabel/Prior 4x400m Relay 3:12.05 Year Champion Pts. Place Pts. 1996 Washington 4x400m Relay 3:14.81 2006 Stanford 161 5 60.5 1995 Ed Turner 200m Dash 21.41 2005 Stanford 180.5 3 69 1994 Tim Martin 55m Dash 6.33 2004 Stanford 148 3 83 1993 Mitch Leffler 800m Run 1:50.65 2003* Stanford 171 — — 2002* Arizona 137 — — Women’s MPSF Indoor Conference Champions 2001 Arizona 142 6 46 Year Champion Event Mark 2006 Ashley Lodree 60m Hurdles 8.17 2000 Washington St. 136.5 4 66 2005 Kate Soma Pole Vault 13-8 1/4 1999 Washington St. 117 5 59 2004 Ingvill Makestad Mile Run 4:42.17 1998 Stanford 113 3 75 2000 Seselia Thomas Shot Put 48-6 1997 Stanford 103 4 56.5 1996 Aretha Hill Shot Put 47-11 1/4 1996 Washington 95 1 95 1995 Tara Davis Long Jump 19-9 3/4 1995 Arizona 107 3 70 1994 Claudine Robinson 55m Hurdles 7.68 1994 Utah St. 87 3 83 1993 Claudine Robinson 55m Hurdles 7.86 1993 UNLV 91 4 55